It appears Todd Whitcombe has outdone himself again. In his recent article "GMO's Not To Blame For Cancer Death Rates" Todd states that "Pretty much everything that we eat has been genetically modified." I am not sure where Todd gets his information or what he eats, but for a scientist his research is very suspect. In Canada, according to CBAN (Canadian Biotechnology Action Network) there are only four crops that are genetically modified grown in Canada - corn, soy, sugarbeet, and Canola. Papaya, crookneck squash, cottonseed oil might be imported and in your foods, however unless Todd is eating a fairly restricted diet of only GMO foods I would suspect that his comment is wrong. What he might have meant is, because corn, soy and canola are used in many processed foods.... there may be traces of GMO's in many foods we eat. Exactly the reason why we need labelling so people like Todd can eat more GMO foods, but others who choose to avoid them can do so.
Todd suggests the link between GMO's and cancer is only casual... and it may be at this point. Genetically modified foods have only been on the market in Canada for less than 20 years. However when we play with nature as we have seen with pesticides, herbicides and other chemicals the results can play havoc with the human body and ecology in general. Sometimes it takes time to for these links to become more than casual, however it should not lead us to be less cautious with a science that is more about money than betterment of the human race.
Dave Fuller
Prince George
